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Liam hated
Phil. This had to be some kind of mistake. “You what ?”
    “ Oh, trust me, that
motherfucker knows I’ll bury him if he ever touches you, steps out
of line in any way, shape, or form.” Liam’s eyes flashed a deep
blue as he ground out each word. “But I need someone who’s on their
game. A man. I don’t want you having to go back to your mother. She
fucking hates me, will talk shit about me to poison my kid before
she ever gets here. And I can’t trust this truce with my mom. We
cool now, but yeah, I can’t trust it. So as much as I fucking hate
that sneaky dipshit, I know he’ll be on ten when it comes to my
girl. And don’t forget, I got eyes behind my back. I just need a
reason to throttle his ass.”
    “ Liam, you won’t be gone
that long—”
    “ Listen, babe, we don’t know
nothing for certain anymore. So let me handle this. Phil will check
on you, help you get into law school. Then we work out how to set
you up in Chapel Hill. I know he has this crush on you and I’m
trying to set that aside. Trying to be secure here, not be the
hothead everybody says I am.”
    “ No, he doesn’t.”
    “ Whatever. I also want you
to stay with Angelina until we figure out the school
stuff.”
    “ No.” Kennedy stood. “I
won’t leave our house. No way.”
    “ Not open for debate. She’s
going to be alone with those twin babies. My boy Ant is sick about
it. Talking crazy shit about getting a psych leave to delay his
deployment.” Liam looked her right in the eye. He made his
disapproval of Vasquez’s plan perfectly clear. A psych leave meant
Ant’s career would be over.
    And then who will have
Liam’s back ? she wondered. Kennedy nodded
slowly and surely. Liam continued as though there had been no
interruption. “So this will set both our minds at ease. You said
you liked her. You two can be strong together. Get close. Do some
knitting or something, what mothers do.”
    Kennedy smacked him upside the head. He
caught her by the wrist and yanked her toward him. She straddled
his lap in a full pout.
    “ C’mon, Kay, don’t fight me
on this. I need you to be okay.”
    “ How long? A few weeks,
right?”
    Liam sighed. “This time it’s different. The
world is different, babe. I don’t know how soon I’ll be back.” He
took her hand. “But go ahead and start the process for school.
Maybe by the time you finish, this mess will be over. I think we
can swing this. No, I know we can.”
    “ But how will we do that
when you have to be on base? I need to be here when you return.
Besides, the baby and everything, maybe school should wait. I’ll
have to stop soon after anyway.”
    “ We can wait now or wait
later, but you will be a lawyer. I’m going to make sure that you
get all your dreams. I know your family thought I’d ruin your life
when you left with me. I know you gave up a lot to be with
me.”
    “ I’d do it all again, Liam.
We’re going to have a baby. Law school can definitely
wait.”
    “ If we can’t do them both,
then we’ll deal. But right now, let’s try. Okay? You know I don’t
give up.”
    “ I love you.” And she did.
She cupped his cheek, staring him in the eyes. Their lips, like
magnets, were instantly drawn to each other. The spark of Liam’s
urgent need, his probing tongue, sent her head to swimming. He ran
his calloused fingers down her back and she shivered through her
nightgown. The night felt comfortably warm all of a sudden, or was
that her blood? Kennedy eased up, reaching between them to release
his cock from where it coiled behind his zipper. She was well
practiced at this. The kiss became flicks of her tongue against his
and nips to his succulent lips as she lowered on his
erection.
    Oh, it felt divine. Thick hardness filled
her to the point of a scream. She dropped her head back and he
peppered her neck with kisses. She stretched and adjusted to him.
He hooked her legs over the bends of his arms so he could open her
wider. His strong hands, twice